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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Villano" data-source="post: 6168284" data-attributes="member: 505">DC seems to have really dropped the ball on this.  Back when this gimmick was announced, DC was urging stores to get their orders in before the cut off date so that they can be sure to get all their comics.  Then there were rumblings that DC was only going to fulfill 60% of their orders.  It turns out that the 3D process took so long that DC had to give a print order before the retailer orders came in.  DC said that they were going to make up the difference with regular covers of those titles.  However, from what I understand, they told retailers they would have to specifically order them.  Considering stores didn't know how many 3D versions they were getting, that was going to be difficult to say the least.Now, according to Bleeding Cool, it's all gone sideways:I bolded the weirdest section.  Justice League #23.3 Dial E #1 is considered part of the Justice League title, but is going to be allocated based on a store's past orders of Dial H.  To put it in perspective, JL is one of DC top selling books and Dial H is one of the worst (IIRC, it's already been cancelled).  So, not only won't a store be getting what they ordered, they won't even be getting enough to cover the people who normally get JL.Just some comments on messageboards from store owners:But, as was pointed out, some stores are getting the full 100% of their orders.  People are speculating that the really big stores like Midtown and Mile High are probably going to get their full orders and I wouldn't doubt that.  What's funny is that this was supposed to be special comics with 3D covers, not 3D variants to go along with the regular covers.  But now, with some titles, the 2D replacement covers are going to exceed the 3D "regular" covers making the 3D essentially variant covers anyway.</blockquote>

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